| Deposit ID | 10123595 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300230151 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Garrity Hill Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.08371, 46.14659 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2255 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Deer Lodge(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005 N | 012 W | 34 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Morrison Formation and Ellis Group |
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| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thickness | 2.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 18143000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 20411000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 18143000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 20411000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300230151 |
SWANSON, ROGER, 1973, GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE
PERMIAN ROCKS IN CENTRAL WESTERN MONTANA, USGS PROF. PAPER
313-F, P. 779-833.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD IS FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE PHOSPHATE MINERALIZATION IN THE GARRITY HILL AREA. THUS IT INCLUDES SECS. 25,26,27,28,33,34,35,36, IN T5N R12W; AND SECS. 2,3, 4,10 T4N R12W DEPOSIT SEQ NOS. 0300390457,0300230141 ARE LOCATED IN THIS AREA PERMIAN ROCKS ARE EXPOSED ON THE FLANKS OF 2 ANTICLINES STRIKING NORTH; OVERTURNED TOWARD THE EAST THEIR LIMBS ARE STEEP. ROCKS ARE SO BROKEN THAT A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE PHOSPHATE IS PROBABLY SPOILED FOR MINING. MOST OF AREA IS UNDER LEASE OR PROSPECTING PERMIT TO THE STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Benjamin | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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